NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1969 › Formal actions taken in representation and union deauthorization cases
| Hearings completed, total | 2,458 | 2,287 | 2,082 | 97 | 108 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial hearings Hearings on objections and/or challenges | 2,203 255 | 2,036 251 | 1,848 234 | 83 14 | 105 3 | 2 0 |
| Decisions issued, total | 2,144 | 1,999 | 1,819 | 85 | 95 | 4 |
| By regional directors | 1,983 | 1,872 | 1,702 | 78 | 92 | 4 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 1,752 231 | 1,670 202 | 1,524 178 | 67 11 | 79 13 | 3 1 |
| By Board | 161 | 127 | 117 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| After transfer by regional di- rectors for initial decision | 132 | 100 | 91 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 95 37 | 74 26 | 68 23 | 3 3 | 3 0 | 0 0 |
| After review of regional di- rectors' decisions | 29 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elections directed Dismissals on record | 21 8 | 19 8 | 18 8 | 1 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 |
| Decisions on objectives and/or challenges, total | 1,093 | 1,065 | 984 | 59 | 22 | 10 |
| By regional directors | 411 | 397 | 369 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| By Board | 724 | 712 | 654 | 47 | 11 | 2 |
| In stipulated elections | 668 | 659 | 610 | 38 | 11 | 1 |
| No exceptions to regional di- rectors' reports | 436 | 428 | 391 | 32 | 5 | 0 |
| Exceptions to regional di- rectors' reports | 232 | 231 | 219 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| In directed elections (after trans- fer by regional directors) In directed elections after review | 39 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| of regional directors' supple- mental decisions | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.